![]() Speaking to The Grio, Amara La Negra - herself no stranger to outcry over skin color - said “I’m not fond of ,” but added, “to a certain extent, I do understand. (Veronica’s specific comments about the city start at around the four-minute mark.)Īt least one of Veronica’s LHHMiami co-stars has gone on record saying that Veronica’s use of the N-word isn’t as controversial as people might believe it should be simply because of how widespread the word’s usage has become. Here’s Veronica discussing Hialeah and its importance to her upbringing in a long interview with Today’s Loop from shortly after the LHHMiami Season 1 finale. “Latino ancestry” can and often does include African ancestry, and Veronica’s comments on the city make clear her belief that whatever a person’s specific ethnic background, growing up in a place where everyone “struggles together” mean community is in some ways more important than ancestry. Veronica often speaks at length about her multicultural upbringing in Hialeah, one of the largest cities in the Miami metro area and a place where well over 90% of the residents have Latino ancestry. Then, during the reunion itself, host Nina Parker again mentioned that Veronica has said her great-grandmother was “African.” In the same question, Parker asked Veronica what her ethnicity is *and* what ethnicity she identifies as - which, of course, are two different questions - and Veronica answered “I’m black. “Your skin might be darker, my skin might be lighter - but we all black, girl. “When I walk into a room full of white motherf*ckers, look what happens: They treat me like an other,” Veronica said, earlier in the season. Veronica’s use of the N-word during Love & Hip Hop Miami Season 1 was a big topic at the first reunion last spring, partly because she at different times appeared to claim direct African ancestry and argue that her experiences suffering discrimination qualify her to use the word. It’s only been a few months since the last time this controversy came up. ![]() ? NEW TIME ALERT!!!! 10/9c on #LHHMIAĪ post shared by #WAVE & #TEAMNOSLEEP OUT NOW!! on at 10:31am PST Tonight my sister, my gma, my purple hair & my entire life ? are on the 3rd episode of Miami.
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